Victor Hrymak is a Fire & Safety Consultant and Principal Lecturer for the MSc in Environmental Health & Safety, at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He has over 30 years’ experience with public and private sector organisations. This extensive experience includes inspection and enforcement roles in London, as well as the Fire &Safety Officer for Trinity College Dublin. He is a published safety journal author and has presented at National and International conferences. He was recently chosen by the European Commission to present a paper on risk assessment for the SME sector at a conference of EU health and safety inspectors. He is in his final year of a PhD at Trinity College Dublin. This research involves selecting and conducting risk assessment methods for implementing safety management systems.